重写isEqual方法和hash方法
参考:
[1]http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2010-06-18-implementing-equality-and-hashing.html
[2]http://www.karlkraft.com/index.php/2008/01/07/equality-vs-identity/
判断对象是否相同是经常用到的,因此在NSobject中就有isEqual和hash两个方法。任何继承自NSobject类的子类相应的都获得了 这两个方法,当对象实例结合NSArray,NSDictionary,NSSet等使用时都会用到这两个方法。比如NSArrary的indexofObject:就会用到isEuqal方法。
NSObject中默认实现
- (BOOL)isEqual: (id)other { return self == other; }
- (NSUInteger)hash { return (NSUInteger)self; }
即他们都是基于对象指针的比较,若指针相同则相同。
而我们在使用NSString时会发现如下也是相等,其实NSString是实现了基于值的比较,内部也重写了isEqual和hash两个方法。
NSMutableString *s1 = [NSMutableString stringWithString: @"Hello, world"]; NSMutableString *s2 = [NSMutableString stringWithString: @"Hello, world"]; BOOL equal = [s1 isEqual: s2]; // gives you YES!
另外,isEqual和hash两个方法 一定要一起重写,并且保证:两个相同的对象实例肯定具有相同的hash值,否则就是出现了不一致的情况。这时你的这个类在使用NSDictionary,NSSet等时就有可能会出现 不是你想要的结果。比如:你只是实现了isEqual方法,在使用NSMutableArray的 removeObjectsInArray时 就会出现不能删除的情况。
更多信息见参考[1][2]
下面为比较典型的重写样例:
- (BOOL)isEqual:(id)object {
if (self == object)return YES;
if (![objectisKindOfClass:[GPBFieldclass]]) returnNO;
GPBField *field = (GPBField *)object;
BOOL equalVarint =
(mutableVarintList_.count ==0 && field->mutableVarintList_.count ==0) ||
[mutableVarintList_isEqual:field->mutableVarintList_];
if (!equalVarint)return NO;
BOOL equalFixed32 = (mutableFixed32List_.count ==0 &&
field->mutableFixed32List_.count ==0) ||
[mutableFixed32List_isEqual:field->mutableFixed32List_];
if (!equalFixed32)return NO;
BOOL equalFixed64 = (mutableFixed64List_.count ==0 &&
field->mutableFixed64List_.count ==0) ||
[mutableFixed64List_isEqual:field->mutableFixed64List_];
if (!equalFixed64)return NO;
BOOL equalLDList =
(mutableLengthDelimitedList_.count ==0 &&
field->mutableLengthDelimitedList_.count ==0) ||
[mutableLengthDelimitedList_isEqual:field->mutableLengthDelimitedList_];
if (!equalLDList)return NO;
BOOL equalGroupList =
(mutableGroupList_.count ==0 && field->mutableGroupList_.count ==0) ||
[mutableGroupList_isEqual:field->mutableGroupList_];
if (!equalGroupList)return NO;
returnYES;
}
- (NSUInteger)hash {
// Just mix the hashes of the possible sub arrays.
constint prime = 31;
NSUInteger result = prime + [mutableVarintList_hash];
result = prime * result + [mutableFixed32List_hash];
result = prime * result + [mutableFixed64List_hash];
result = prime * result + [mutableLengthDelimitedList_hash];
result = prime * result + [mutableGroupList_hash];
return result;
}